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The following is the scale of the Temperature of the exterior 
Atmosphere, for the month of December, 1839. 
Highest 
Lowest 
Highest 
Lowest 
Highest 
Lowest 
Above 
Dec. 
Below 
Above \ 
Dec. 
Below 
Above 
Dec. 
Below - 
1 
17 
13 
12 
24^ 
22 
23 
20 
10 
2 
12 
2 
13 
31 
29 
24 
19 
1 l 
3 
Zero. 
6 
14 
29 
19 
25 
20 
16 
4 
18 
2 
15 
35 
20 
26 
26 
21 
5 
18 
8 
16 
31 
19 
27 
26 
19 
6 
8 
6 
17 
10 
15 
28 
18 
9 
7 
9 
8 
18 
24 
15 
29 
24 
10 
8 
14 
11 
13 
26 
24 
30 
35 
30 
9 
18 
m 
20 
26 
23 
31 
45 
40 
10 
18 
10 
21 
27 
26 
/ 
11 
20 
18 
22 
26 
! 
10 
he year 1831 set in with an intensity of cold seldom expe¬ 
rienced, the thermometer ranging from 44 to 56 below zero, and 
for a few days was 60J degrees, making 92J below the freezing 
point of Fahrenheit. This may be considered as the extreme of 
cold experienced during the whole of the expedition, and against 
which it is scarcely possible for any human constitution to 
stand. In despite, however, of this severity of cold, the men 
frequently went on a shooting expedition; and on one day, they 
killed four foxes, one of which was a black one, the weigh' 
being 7tb. 3oz. 
Towards the 16th, the weather became more mild, the ther¬ 
mometer standing at 25 above zero ; and on the 19th, the eyes 
of the crew were again gladdened with a sight of the sun, 
whose upper limb just peeped above the horizon, and then sunk 
again. It was, however, to them a most cheering sight, and 
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